Elliot Rossen
@erossen.bsky.social
This #GivingTuesday, I hope you’ll join me in supporting Active Transportation Alliance!
It’s celebrating its 40th Anniversary of advocating for better walking, biking, and transit in Illinois.
Donate: haku.ly/ecc3f58cda
It’s celebrating its 40th Anniversary of advocating for better walking, biking, and transit in Illinois.
Donate: haku.ly/ecc3f58cda
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This #GivingTuesday, I hope you’ll join me in supporting Active Transportation Alliance!
It’s celebrating its 40th Anniversary of advocating for better walking, biking, and transit in Illinois.
Donate: haku.ly/ecc3f58cda
It’s celebrating its 40th Anniversary of advocating for better walking, biking, and transit in Illinois.
Donate: haku.ly/ecc3f58cda
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Great Robert F. Kennedy quote for Standing Strong and Acting Strong.
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
DAY OF AFFIRMATION ADDRESS, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 6/6/66.
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
DAY OF AFFIRMATION ADDRESS, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 6/6/66.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great Robert F. Kennedy quote for Standing Strong and Acting Strong.
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
DAY OF AFFIRMATION ADDRESS, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 6/6/66.
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
DAY OF AFFIRMATION ADDRESS, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 6/6/66.
@thirdactillinois.bsky.social Mixed bag on climate progress since the Paris agreement 10 years ago with solar energy’s growth the big “bright spot”. #thirdact #350chicago #climaterealitychicago #sunday www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@thirdactillinois.bsky.social Mixed bag on climate progress since the Paris agreement 10 years ago with solar energy’s growth the big “bright spot”. #thirdact #350chicago #climaterealitychicago #sunday www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A cheap and accessible form of energy lies in a large ball of burning gas 93 million miles up in the sky: the sun. So why haven’t we adopted solar energy more widely?
“How We Survive” host Amy Scott recently talked with longtime climate writer and activist Bill McKibben
#thirdact
“How We Survive” host Amy Scott recently talked with longtime climate writer and activist Bill McKibben
#thirdact
"Burning Questions:" A conversation with Bill McKibben about his new book on solar power
“Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization” offers hope and a call to action.
www.marketplace.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A cheap and accessible form of energy lies in a large ball of burning gas 93 million miles up in the sky: the sun. So why haven’t we adopted solar energy more widely?
“How We Survive” host Amy Scott recently talked with longtime climate writer and activist Bill McKibben
#thirdact
“How We Survive” host Amy Scott recently talked with longtime climate writer and activist Bill McKibben
#thirdact
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Get ready for the Sun Day Solar Fest to celebrate solar energy. Join the kickoff with 3rd Act Illinois, 350 Chicago, event partners & special guest Bill McKibben on 8/13/25 at 6:50 pm Central to learn about the Sun Day event 9/21/25. To attend the kickoff, register forms.gle/u9av3oDwLnv9...
Help us 'Kickoff' on August 13th, 6:50 PM!
Join Third Act Illinois as we prepare for Chicago's Sun Day Solar Fest! Our special guest, Bill McKibben, founder of Third Act and legendary environmentalist, journalist, and advocate for clean energy...
forms.gle
August 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Get ready for the Sun Day Solar Fest to celebrate solar energy. Join the kickoff with 3rd Act Illinois, 350 Chicago, event partners & special guest Bill McKibben on 8/13/25 at 6:50 pm Central to learn about the Sun Day event 9/21/25. To attend the kickoff, register forms.gle/u9av3oDwLnv9...
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Fighting back with joy and community is a strategic reaction to the fascists who are trying to make us feel alone and powerless: “Their job is so much easier if we are convinced to give up our power.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @chrislhayes.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Fighting back with joy and community is a strategic reaction to the fascists who are trying to make us feel alone and powerless: “Their job is so much easier if we are convinced to give up our power.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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We've got new distributional data on the Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" from @natasharsarin.bsky.social and team at @budgetlab.bsky.social.
The results are **stark.**
Top 0.1% _GAINS_ $97,000, or 1% of household resources.
Bottom 20% _LOSES_ $600, or 3% of household resources.
The results are **stark.**
Top 0.1% _GAINS_ $97,000, or 1% of household resources.
Bottom 20% _LOSES_ $600, or 3% of household resources.
June 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We've got new distributional data on the Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" from @natasharsarin.bsky.social and team at @budgetlab.bsky.social.
The results are **stark.**
Top 0.1% _GAINS_ $97,000, or 1% of household resources.
Bottom 20% _LOSES_ $600, or 3% of household resources.
The results are **stark.**
Top 0.1% _GAINS_ $97,000, or 1% of household resources.
Bottom 20% _LOSES_ $600, or 3% of household resources.
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The highest income earners would overwhelmingly benefit the most from President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans’ sprawling tax and immigration package, according to data released Monday. wapo.st/46kiALY
June 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The highest income earners would overwhelmingly benefit the most from President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans’ sprawling tax and immigration package, according to data released Monday. wapo.st/46kiALY
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So the Trump/GOP will make America great how? Massively fund secret police & concentration camps, destroy US science, steal medical care from the poor to give more tax breaks to the ultrarich, & expand dirty energy & worsen climate change while the rest of the world moves to clean energy.
Got it.
Got it.
June 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So the Trump/GOP will make America great how? Massively fund secret police & concentration camps, destroy US science, steal medical care from the poor to give more tax breaks to the ultrarich, & expand dirty energy & worsen climate change while the rest of the world moves to clean energy.
Got it.
Got it.
Coal is the dirtiest and most dangerous source of energy and the last thing smart, future-focused people should bring back from its fast, steady decline.
Trump is trying to bring back coal in the year 2025. That’s right, COAL — one of the dirtiest and deadliest sources of energy in history. Don’t let Trump drag us back to the 19th century! Send a message to Congress today: act.350.org/letter/jun-2...
June 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Coal is the dirtiest and most dangerous source of energy and the last thing smart, future-focused people should bring back from its fast, steady decline.
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The House just passed a reckless budget bill gutting clean energy tax credits & handing billions to polluters. ☎️ Call your Senators NOW: Tell them to protect the clean energy provisions in the IRA—they’re saving money, creating jobs, and powering the future.
thirdact.org/act/urge-you...
thirdact.org/act/urge-you...
Urge your Senator to oppose the GOP budget bill! – Third Act
thirdact.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The House just passed a reckless budget bill gutting clean energy tax credits & handing billions to polluters. ☎️ Call your Senators NOW: Tell them to protect the clean energy provisions in the IRA—they’re saving money, creating jobs, and powering the future.
thirdact.org/act/urge-you...
thirdact.org/act/urge-you...
Great summary of how Pope Francis understood the existential challenge facing us in climate chaos and thought more broadly on how we must react.
Pope Francis moved last summer to make Vatican City the first nation to run entirely on solar energy.
In his writing, he made it clear that the climate crisis was about power in all forms--and about human dignity.
The world feels much poorer today
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pope-franc...
In his writing, he made it clear that the climate crisis was about power in all forms--and about human dignity.
The world feels much poorer today
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pope-franc...
April 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Great summary of how Pope Francis understood the existential challenge facing us in climate chaos and thought more broadly on how we must react.
Regulations aren't putting coal, even Trump's "beautiful, clean coal", out of business. Economics are.
April 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Regulations aren't putting coal, even Trump's "beautiful, clean coal", out of business. Economics are.
From Heather Cox Richardson's post:
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rallied Americans to oppose fascism by emphasizing the principles that would, he said, provide “the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy: “Equality of opportunity for youth and for others. Jobs for those who can work.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rallied Americans to oppose fascism by emphasizing the principles that would, he said, provide “the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy: “Equality of opportunity for youth and for others. Jobs for those who can work.
April 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
From Heather Cox Richardson's post:
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rallied Americans to oppose fascism by emphasizing the principles that would, he said, provide “the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy: “Equality of opportunity for youth and for others. Jobs for those who can work.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rallied Americans to oppose fascism by emphasizing the principles that would, he said, provide “the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy: “Equality of opportunity for youth and for others. Jobs for those who can work.
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Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
April 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
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☀️ THE DAY IS HERE. Today, Saturday, April 5th, 12:00 pm, Chicago's Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington. We're coming together to send a message to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, & their Republican enablers in Congress: HANDS OFF. See you soon!
April 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
☀️ THE DAY IS HERE. Today, Saturday, April 5th, 12:00 pm, Chicago's Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington. We're coming together to send a message to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, & their Republican enablers in Congress: HANDS OFF. See you soon!
Donald Trump is trying to sell off our national monuments to Big Oil for drilling and mining.
Join me in demanding Congress stand up for our natural wonders and stand with Indigenous communities.
👉 act.350.org/letter/apr-2... #EarthMonth
Join me in demanding Congress stand up for our natural wonders and stand with Indigenous communities.
👉 act.350.org/letter/apr-2... #EarthMonth
Tell Congress to Protect Our National Parks and Monuments
The Trump EPA’s plan to roll back crucial climate and environmental regulations will dismantle decades of progress in reducing harmful climate pollution. It’s a giveaway to Big Oil, and it comes at ev...
act.350.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Donald Trump is trying to sell off our national monuments to Big Oil for drilling and mining.
Join me in demanding Congress stand up for our natural wonders and stand with Indigenous communities.
👉 act.350.org/letter/apr-2... #EarthMonth
Join me in demanding Congress stand up for our natural wonders and stand with Indigenous communities.
👉 act.350.org/letter/apr-2... #EarthMonth
Don't think for a second that Signalgate is "a small mistake" of no consequence and that folks are blowing it out of proportion. It is the tip of the iceberg and @timothysnyder.bsky.social lays out so logically how big the iceberg really is.
Signalgate: violating national security
in order to violate rights
snyder.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Don't think for a second that Signalgate is "a small mistake" of no consequence and that folks are blowing it out of proportion. It is the tip of the iceberg and @timothysnyder.bsky.social lays out so logically how big the iceberg really is.
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Texting war plans to reporters is clearly bad
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
March 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Texting war plans to reporters is clearly bad
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out
How can Trump be the spokeMAN for Tesla to help his boss Musk--isn't that kinda illegal? And doesn't he remember that ALL Tesla's are electric vehicles, which he is trying to kill, along with other critical solutions, as he destroys the US government's ability to address climate change (it's real).
The biggest deregulatory action of its kind in US history will also be the biggest mass murder in US history.
Trump EPA Takes Sweeping Aim at Rules to Gut Climate ‘Religion’
(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.Most Read f...
finance.yahoo.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
How can Trump be the spokeMAN for Tesla to help his boss Musk--isn't that kinda illegal? And doesn't he remember that ALL Tesla's are electric vehicles, which he is trying to kill, along with other critical solutions, as he destroys the US government's ability to address climate change (it's real).
“Stretching the bounds” is a gross understatement. This is clearly an ethical nonstarter. 😩
Critics said the spectacle stretched the bounds of what is ethical in the White House, with President Donald Trump openly seeking to boost the financial fortunes of Elon Musk.
A new role for the South Lawn of Trump’s White House: Tesla car lot
Critics said the spectacle stretched the bounds of what is ethical in the White House, with Trump openly seeking to boost the financial fortunes of Elon Musk.
wapo.st
March 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Stretching the bounds” is a gross understatement. This is clearly an ethical nonstarter. 😩
Ask your US Representative and Senator who will receive the $4.5 Trillion Republican tax cut. What % will go to those making at least $200K/year? To those making $100-200K/year? To those making <$100K? IF THEY WON'T TELL YOU, THEN YOU KNOW ONLY THE RICH WILL BENEFIT. Speak up!!
March 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ask your US Representative and Senator who will receive the $4.5 Trillion Republican tax cut. What % will go to those making at least $200K/year? To those making $100-200K/year? To those making <$100K? IF THEY WON'T TELL YOU, THEN YOU KNOW ONLY THE RICH WILL BENEFIT. Speak up!!
Elissa Slotkin was remarkable in her official response to Pres. Trump's "Staleness" of the Union address. Great if you can listen to the whole thing, but this segment highlights how you can help ... now!
America is precious and worth saving, here is how you can help:
1. Don’t tune out
2. Hold your elected officials accountable
3. Pick one issue you’re passionate about and organize
youtube.com/shorts/-ZyDB...
1. Don’t tune out
2. Hold your elected officials accountable
3. Pick one issue you’re passionate about and organize
youtube.com/shorts/-ZyDB...
Senator Slotkin: “America is precious and worth saving”
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Elissa Slotkin was remarkable in her official response to Pres. Trump's "Staleness" of the Union address. Great if you can listen to the whole thing, but this segment highlights how you can help ... now!
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RALLY FOR UKRAINE. Sunday, March 2nd, 2:00 pm, Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan. Organized by Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, IL Division. Justice for Ukraine!
March 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
RALLY FOR UKRAINE. Sunday, March 2nd, 2:00 pm, Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan. Organized by Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, IL Division. Justice for Ukraine!